Organization
The IRBIM CNR Institute has Main Office in Messina and three Secondary Offices located in Ancona, Mazara del Vallo (TP) and Lesina (FG). Together with the ISMAR CNR and IAS CNR Institutes, IRBIM CNR completes the complementary and synergistic system of CNR DSSTTA research institutes that carry out research activities in the field of marine sciences.
Director
Gian Marco Luna
Director of CNR IRBIM since December 2020 (formerly Acting Director of CNR IRBIM during 2018-2020). Research Director, hired at the CNR in 2011, he obtained a PhD in Marine Biology and Ecology at the Polytechnic University of Marche (2005). He carried out scientific research at UnivPM (2006-2011), then at the CNR ISMAR Institute Main Office in Venice (2011-2016) and later at its Secondary Office in Ancona (2016-2018). He has participated in national and international research projects and scientific expeditions around the globe, and has been a visiting scientist in foreign Research Centers. He is the author of >100 publications including articles in peer reviewed scientific journals, popular articles on marine sciences and book chapters. His research investigates the marine ecosystem and how marine microorganisms affect its functioning, from the coastal area to the abyssal depths, with emphasis on the mechanisms that regulate biodiversity and the response of the marine (micro)biota to human impact and global change.
Head of the Research Center
Administrative Secretary
Massimo Virgili
He collaborates in various research projects in the field of biology and technology of fishing and conservation of protected marine species. For over ten years he has been involved in the management of bivalve mollusc fisheries and in the experimentation of mitigation devices for the reduction of bycatch in commercial fishing. He carries out coordination activities (working groups and project partnerships), management, field activities (experimentation, monitoring of fisheries resources and oceanographic campaigns) and dissemination and dissemination. Author and co-author of about thirty scientific articles on research and experimentation on commercial fishing in the Mediterranean.
Administrative Managers
The Grant Office of IRBIM‑CNR, established by Director’s Decree No. 5/2020 (prot. No. 56/2020 of 09/01/2020) and subsequently revised (prot. No. 305817/2024 of 05/09/2024), provides support for the planning, submission, and management of national and international research projects carried out by the Institute’s branches. Its Strategic Objectives are:
-Strengthen cooperation with public and private entities at regional, national, and international levels, and promote the Institute’s strategic positioning in relation to national and international strategies consistent with its mission;
-Establish new partnership networks and reinforce existing ones;
-Attract resources for the implementation of national, European, and international research and non‑research projects aligned with the Institute’s mission;
-Streamline project design and management activities within major national, European, and international programmes;
-Communicate and disseminate project activities and results.
The Office is responsible for and disseminates the Annual Report on funding to the CNR IRBIM to the Institute network.
L’Ufficio Concorsi e Reclutamento del Personale di IRBIM CNR, istituito con Provvedimento del Direttore n. 12/2021 (prot. 709/2021 of 02/12/2021), is dedicated to the completion of all the bankruptcy procedures of the Institute. The Office carries out the following activities:
– Management, preparation and completion of administrative documents and bankruptcy procedures;
– Management of requests for new insolvency procedures proposed by IRBIM personnel (who request them), verification of financial coverage and signing of the related deeds to the Management;
– Support to the IRBIM CNR Projects Office on the reporting of personnel recruited for the various projects and funding;
– Management and physical and digital archiving of the documentation of all bankruptcy procedures completed;
– Management of the progressive common numbering of the Institute calls and any related measures;
– Gestione della casella email ufficio.concorsi@irbim.cnr.it;
– Disclosure to all IRBIM staff on the release of each new call;
– Participation of the personnel belonging to the Bankruptcy Procedures Office in updating and training events on bankruptcy procedures in the Entity;
– Consultancy for the competition / selection committees aimed at interpreting and applying the current legislation on the matter for the correct performance of administrative procedures; monitoring of all the temporal and procedural phases of the competitions / selections in progress to provide the Head of the Headquarters and the Director with information elements;
– Procedural indications regarding the exercise of the right of access to bankruptcy documents in application of law 241/90 and subsequent amendments and in accordance with the organizational provision of DG no. 22 of 18/05/2007 and with provision no. – Activities related to the authorization (or postponement) of procedures pursuant to Director General’s Decree No. 062 of 08/11/2007, following verification of the individual procedures in accordance with the prescribed operational guidelines;
– Activities related to the hiring and renewal of fixed‑term staff, research fellows, and scholarship holders;
– Collection and dissemination of information regarding the periodic monitoring of tenured staff, contract staff, research fellows, and scholarship holders.
ICT Office
The ICT Office of IRBIM‑CNR carries out the following activities:
– Management of servers, network infrastructure, and IT security;
– Development and management of cloud infrastructure;
– Management of authentication, authorization, and accounting systems for staff;
– Data backup and disaster recovery management;
– Management of email services;
– Management and development of administrative and support software for other offices;
– Help Desk services for staff;
– Second‑level support for ICT services;
– Services for Digital Transition;
– Management of IT procurement;
– Development and management of the Institute’s websites;
– Hosting services for web platforms;
– IT support for scientific projects (script development, software, web applications, and services).
